Official Tank Thread

[HabsCowboysOwn]

I love how after every meaningless win against another bottom feeder the tank is over and this thread shouldn't exist anymore... then they start losing again because guess what, they suck.

Feels like Groundhog Day.

 

[Sorinth]

You ignored the rest of my post to whine about one statement within it. I’m happy to drop the topic if I don’t see variations of “be patient and be quiet” constantly posted in response to genuine attempts to evaluate the tank and talk hockey.

Until that happens it seems inappropriate to have some fans constantly and non-stop posture like they’re superior to other fans. I’m not saying you can’t act superior, it’s a common enough tendency, I’m simply saying I’ll defend my opinion regardless.

Let’s stick to hockey. Boy that Newhook, what a great player he turned out to be.

We are the 2nd youngest team in the league, and we are likely to be even younger next year, so the difference is being patient is a genuine evaluation of what should be done in our rebuild and therefore is hockey talk.

 

[ReHabs]

We are the 2nd youngest team in the league, and we are likely to be even younger next year, so the difference is being patient is a genuine evaluation of what should be done in our rebuild and therefore is hockey talk.

Age doesn't play hockey, hockey players play hockey. Potential doesn’t play hockey, hockey players play hockey.

Personally, I prefer good hockey players, as a set or group, over young hockey players.

Your regressive and reductive attitude would have you praising a team with hopeless 21 year old AHLers over a team with a higher average age and more skilled and productive players simply because the former group is younger and thus has more time to develop (and therefore needs more patience).

This is why the “hush, be patient” attitude is a dead end.

Waiting for a lumbering truck to cross a finish line at the Grand Prix won’t ever mean it has won the race. Do we have a car that can win the actual race? Do we have the right team, the right managers, the right components? Patience is not the main factor in these evaluations.

Even tanking can be evaluated and re-evaluated. We’ve already discussed Dach and Newhook plenty but the other issue is MSL and Hughes’ insistence upon giving him (an inexperienced coach) full reign.

There are loads of aspects to this hockey team to evaluate and discuss on a hockey forum.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Age doesn't play hockey, hockey players play hockey. Potential doesn’t play hockey, hockey players play hockey.

Personally, I prefer good hockey players, as a set or group, over young hockey players.

Your regressive and reductive attitude would have you praising a team with hopeless 21 year old AHLers over a team with a higher average age and more skilled and productive players simply because the former group is younger and thus has more time to develop (and therefore needs more patience).

This is why the “hush, be patient” attitude is a dead end.

Waiting for a lumbering truck to cross a finish line at the Grand Prix won’t ever mean it has won the race. Do we have a car that can win the actual race? Do we have the right team, the right managers, the right components? Patience is not the main factor in these evaluations.

Even tanking can be evaluated and re-evaluated. We’ve already discussed Dach and Newhook plenty but the other issue is MSL and Hughes’ insistence upon giving him (an inexperienced coach) full reign.

There are loads of aspects to this hockey team to evaluate and discuss on a hockey forum.

Right.

Because the only thing that matters is THIS season.

 

[River Meadow]

I love how after every meaningless win against another bottom feeder the tank is over and this thread shouldn't exist anymore... then they start losing again because guess what, they suck.

Feels like Groundhog Day.

See now THIS ^^ is the quality content I signed up for on this site.

May god bless you dude.

 

[SwiftyHab]

I love how after every meaningless win against another bottom feeder the tank is over and this thread shouldn't exist anymore... then they start losing again because guess what, they suck.

Feels like Groundhog Day.

Kinda my thing. It’s irrational fandom and I love it.

Btw, after last nights win, it feels a lot like 93!

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

See now THIS ^^ is the quality content I signed up for on this site.

May god bless you dude.

Cheers bud, happy tank season.

Kinda my thing. It’s irrational fandom and I love it.

Btw, after last nights win, it feels a lot like 93!

 

[Sorinth]

I love how after every meaningless win against another bottom feeder the tank is over and this thread shouldn't exist anymore... then they start losing again because guess what, they suck.

Feels like Groundhog Day.

NYI are 2 points of a wild card spot, and would've been tied if they beat us, so they aren't exactly a bottom feeder. But anyways I kind of assumed all the posts about the tank is over because we won were jokes.

 

[SwiftyHab]

NYI are 2 points of a wild card spot, and would've been tied if they beat us, so they aren't exactly a bottom feeder. But anyways I kind of assumed all the posts about the tank is over because we won were jokes.

Half the fun of having a tank thread is yelling at the Mods to Shut it down whenever we show signs of life.


Also my expectations for another high draft pick are tempered since the best prospect is another LD and Demidov is better than anyone else is this years draft

 

[vokiel]

They should play .500 rest of way. Barring major injury

Which would not put them in the mix. They've been playing for .420 so if they want to get up to 550, a minimum for any bubble team, they're gonna have to post north of 600 for many games in a row.

 

[Boyon90]

tank is over

 

[the valiant effort]

Merry Xmas

(tank is over)

 

[Jurivan Demidovsky]

Age doesn't play hockey, hockey players play hockey. Potential doesn’t play hockey, hockey players play hockey.

Personally, I prefer good hockey players, as a set or group, over young hockey players.

Your regressive and reductive attitude would have you praising a team with hopeless 21 year old AHLers over a team with a higher average age and more skilled and productive players simply because the former group is younger and thus has more time to develop (and therefore needs more patience).

This is why the “hush, be patient” attitude is a dead end.

Waiting for a lumbering truck to cross a finish line at the Grand Prix won’t ever mean it has won the race. Do we have a car that can win the actual race? Do we have the right team, the right managers, the right components? Patience is not the main factor in these evaluations.

Even tanking can be evaluated and re-evaluated. We’ve already discussed Dach and Newhook plenty but the other issue is MSL and Hughes’ insistence upon giving him (an inexperienced coach) full reign.

There are loads of aspects to this hockey team to evaluate and discuss on a hockey forum.

The tank is going perfectly, what's the problem? Those players have time to improve, there's no rush. MSL is the perfect tank commander right now, what's the issue? We can get a different coach in a few years. Wouldn't it be great to pick top 5 again next draft?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

The tank is going perfectly, what's the problem? Those players have time to improve, there's no rush. MSL is the perfect tank commander right now, what's the issue? We can get a different coach in a few years. Wouldn't it be great to pick top 5 again next draft?

It would be great to draft 1st again.